Hair waver



Jan. 15 1924. 1,480,832

H. NATKIEL ET AL HAIR WAVER Filed March 15 1922 INVENTORS A TTOR/VEY Patented 1.3m. is, 1924 *HABBY'NATKiEI AND IsanoR-E FREEDMA'N, or NEW Year, at; Y1"

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' Application filed March s", i922. Serial No. 543,521...

170 all whom it mag concern:

Be it, known that we, HARRY NATKIEL and IsAn'oRE FREEDMAN, both citizens of the. -Unit'ed States, residing at New,York city,

borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Wavers of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to toilet articles and especially to devices for hair dressing pur: poses. Among the objects provide a simple, easily manipulated, and

reliable construction for makin'g waves or crimps in ladies hair, the facility with which'the device may be operated depending upon certain novel details of construction hereinafter set forth.

More specifically, this. device'relates to that type of hair wavers in which a clamp like device is provided and including two leg portions extending along each other from a common point of attachment at one end, while the inherent tendency of the metal or the like from which the device is made is such as to cause the free end portions of the legs to bow or bend relatively away from each other when unlocked. As made heretofore however the fastening and unfastening of a device of this general character has been more or less diflicult by reason of the fact that the operators fingers have a tendency to slip while causing one leg of the device to swing laterally with respect to the other.

With the foregoing and. other obi ects in.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved device open ready to receive a strand of hair in a well known manner around either of the legs. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the'lockingend of the device closed.

Fig. 3' is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

of the invention is to Fig.4.isa transverse seetionon the line drawings our improved construction isshown as .being made of a single strip of metal of substantially uniform width-and cross section; and .coi'nprising two main por- .tions or-legs" 10 and '11 connected to each .other atone end through a loop 12 formed preferably'entirely above-the plane of the first mentioned leg 10. It being well understood that the clasping and unclasping of" result of'relative lateral movement of the leg 11 over that shown at 10,, we have discovered that by producing the-loop 12 as a part only of the leg 11, this leg is more flexible for relative movement than has herethe device the strand of hair is wrapped usually around one of the legs, beginning at a point close to the loop 12 and wrapping outward toward the freeend thereof. .After this wrapping is done the free en'dsof thelegs are amped or locked together, thereby putting the strands of hair so'wrapped or coiled under suflicient compression to pro duce a pleasing wavy effect. i

The leg 10" is shown provided with it's free end turned upward forming a point orhook 13, the bend being approximately circular R ferring'now more. specifically to the the free ends'of these legs is performed" as a so that the extreme point of the hook is directed downward toward the fiat part of the leg adjacent to the bend. The other leg has its free end formed with a cup 14 adaptedto take under the hook 13 and receive within it the extreme point thereof, the concavity of' the cup serving to'hold the point of the hook so as to lock the parts from relative lateral or end wise movement in practice.

One of the important features of this improvement lies in the peculiar finger grip means provided for the manipulation of the free ends of the legs. As shown the free end of the leg 10 is provided with an open slot 15 extending len hwise thereof. and into bulges when pressure is applied thereto from the bottom. In other words, as here- 1 .which the flesh o v the operators finger 1 a I therefore that while. pressure must be applied to the freegends' of the legs toward each other in causing-the compression aboverelatively shat edges 17 analo ous, to t e action of thee tofore the operators finger was not gripped upon this part of the device and would slip therefrom except for a possible engagement with one of. the outside'edges thereof but with ourimprovementthe forcing oi the vflesh other-finger lIltQ-thlS opening or slot afi'ord's amateri-al increase of the operators- .-grip upon this ,part of-the device.

For, a similar purpose the, neck portion 16 ofthe free end of the leg 11 is shown concaved :and of'o'valioutline,

. a space to a less :ezztent than the width of the main-part (lithe-leg; It. must be apparent referredtmat the :same time thecup end must be swung aside and brought beneath thel'hook' 13. in order togglock the parts in. clamping position, and then subsequently they are separated" or unlocked by a reverse' movement." The edges of the slot 15 and and the edges 17. of the finger piece 16 afford the desired amount of. frictional contact or: engagementbetween the operators fingers and these parts of the device.

. We'claim:- A

1. A hair waver comprising a leg hayin "formed on the-'free end thereof a round having an oval outline main part of the leg;

- 2. A hair waver comprising a leg having narrower than the formed on the free end thereof. an engaging -member, the other leg having formed at its free end a cooperating engaging member, 831d engaging members being dependable for their action u ment between t e ends of the legs, and means formed on'the legs adjacent to the free ends to prevent slippage of the operators fingers while causing said lateral movement, said anti-slipping means including 'a longitudinal slot formed in one of the legs and into which the flesh of the operators finger bulges.

In testimony tures. I

HARRY NATKIEL.

, ISADORE 'FREEDMAN.

n a relative lateral move-- whereof we aflix our signad cup consistlng of a concavity formed-insucli leg adjacent to but distinct from the cup and 

